Glass-protecting attachment for faucets.



B. V. SCOTT.

GLASS PROTECTING ATTACHMENT FOR FAUCETS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1912.

1,087,403. I Patented Feb. 17,1914,

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BENJAMIN V. SCOTT, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

GLASS-PROTECTING ATTAGIlI-II/HEELTT FOR FAUCETS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN V. Soorr, citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Protecting Attachments for Faucets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for beer faucets, soda water faucets, and the like, for protecting drinking glasses from breakage and pertains particularly to a detachable protector for faucets and made preferably of a soft or yielding material which in receiving the blow of the drinking glass, tumbler, or mug, prevents breakage of the same which would otherwise occur if struck against the metal parts of said faucet.

The object of the invention is to provide a glass protector of a new form that will be readily removable from the faucet and that will thoroughly protect the glasses by preventing them from striking the metal parts at any point.

To the end that the invention may be understood I have rovided the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a faucet showing my improved glass protecting attachment thereon. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the attachment or protector removed from the faucet.

A indicates a faucet which may be of any desired form, or of any one of the forms now in use and having the usual handle B and depending spout O.

My attachment consists first of a tubular portion or thimble D, preferably of rubber, formed with which, at diametrically opposite sides, are the extensions E F. These extend from the bottom of said thimble and extend upward therefrom preferably in a. divergent manner as indicated in Fig. 1. The extension E in the present instance is provided with an aperture G to receive a lug H cast with the faucet, the upper extremity of the said extension being curved toward the extension F to overlie the head of the faucet and, in addition, it may or may not be provided with opposite laterally extending port-ions J, one of which lies at each side of the said head. The extension Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 15,

Patented Feb. 1? 1914.

1912. Serial No. 715,260.

F is provided with an eye K, Fig. 8, there being a slit L.cut in the extension, see Figs. 2 and 3, whereby the eye may be opened and the extension sprung over the faucet. Thls suspends the device in position. It is observed that in curving the upper extremity of the extension E to overlie the head of the faucet that this also aids in suspending the device. in position and especially if said extension E and the portions J are formed substantially as shown so that when once applied the said device will not change its position, the rubber being treated soas to remain substantially in the form shown yet can flex sufliciently to permit attaching and removing. Since the thimble D naturally grasps the spout C with considerable friction it will assist in retaining the device in position in addition to the said upper portion or extension and parts J of the part E.

It is observed that in the use of the extensions E and F the glasses which are carried toward the faucet from the front are entirely guarded, that is to say, they cannot strike the metal of the faucet since the part E, Fig. 2, is quite wide and'covers the same. And it does not matter from what direction the glasses approach, they will always meet a yielding soft material and not a hard metal ortion which readily causes chipping of the glass and even complete breaking of the same. In busy hours when a number of glasses are held in the hand to be filled from the faucet the glasses are often broken or chipped on the edge and a protecting part becomes necessary and is found to produce the best results in the form herein shown and described. Besides covering the spout C it is found desirable and advantageous to rovide the extensions E F particularly the ormer, to afford thevery best protection in that it guards the glass by preventing the same from striking the metal parts as described.

I am aware that it is not new to provide attachments for faucets for protecting glasses but the form herein shown I believe to be new and novel and Therefore what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described composed of flexible material comprising in its construction a tubular part to inclose the spout of a faucet, and having oppositely disposed arms uprising from its lower edge substantially parallel to its sides, one of them being curved toward the other and overhanging the upper portion of said tubular part and spaced therefrom, the other 5 arm having an eye in its free upper extremity adapted to be opened, said arm being severed at the eye to permit such opening. device of the character described composed of flexible material comprising in 10 its construction a tubular part adapted to inclose the spout of a faucet and having oppositely disposed arms uprising from its bottom edge, one arm adapted to be positioned at the front and one at the rear of i the said spout and to be spaced tl'ierefrom, 15 one of them, the front one, having its upper free end extended in the direction of the other and provided with. two lateral downturned extensions, the other arm having an eye, the material being severed at said eye 20 to permit the same to be opened.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

BENJAMIN V. SCOTT.

Witnesses L. M. THURLOW, WILLIAM EAGLETON.

M Copies of chili patent may be cbtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Pate-um, Washington, D. C. 

